Britain showed the strength of the shipping power, and even with heavy losses, the hundreds of thousands of troops withdrawn from France left a little foundation for the army, and there were no British troops in France, except for scattered deserters.

In the final stage, the German High Seas Fleet, sea trials rushed out of Germany, took the initiative to seek war, the British Home Fleet and the Fast Fleet, which had been fighting in the English Channel for a week, did not take advantage of this opportunity to fight with Germany, tired of them, with a false shot, bypassed the High Seas Fleet, returned to Britain. The High Seas Fleet did not pursue, but only intercepted some merchant ships, sinking 12 merchant ships and more than 7,000 British soldiers.

For Tirpitz, this is a good opportunity, but not the best opportunity, the high seas fleet compared with the British, is still a little worse, if you really want to fight hard, the victory rate is not high, Scheer's fleet has not yet returned, the high seas fleet does not have the strongest strength, at this time, confronting the British fleet head-on, is not the right choice.

In any case, the battle against the British army came to an end, and Crook was directly awarded a medal and promoted to general by virtue of his strong military exploits, although in less than a month, the other German generals were good, but in terms of the number of enemies destroyed, the mileage of the breakthrough, the results and many other aspects, Crook was far ahead, and he needed to be rewarded for both public and private.

By the way, during the entire Western Front, the airship units that made many meritorious achievements were also rewarded by Germany, and Kaiser Wilhelm II even personally awarded medals and bonuses to the soldiers of the Northwest Army who participated in the war, encouraging them to continue to help the German army. Before the arrival of the aerial bombs, they can participate in reconnaissance and combat missions in batches. The rest will remain in Germany. Help the Germans train airship troops.

The newly established airship unit is no longer at the original deputy regimental level, but has become a full division level, and it is planned to have 200 large airships, 600 small airships, and a huge contingent of more than 10,000 personnel, which will temporarily be subordinate to the units directly under the army general staff.

Because of the large-scale cooperation in the military sphere, what is happening on the European side. Soon it was known to the northwest, especially the whole process of the entire Western Front operation, when the detailed combat records were transmitted to China, Yang Yuanzhao was completely dumbfounded, he didn't expect that things would develop like this like this, and the changes were too great.

Of course, he knew the power of the bomb, when airplanes and airships were still in their infancy. Most of the airplanes and airships are just a game for enthusiasts, who think more about how to fly higher and faster, rather than the real combat aspect, so to speak, the bomb is in the middle of war. It took decades of development to be perfected.

The emergence of Northwest and Yang Yuanzhao accelerated this process. With the vision of later generations, it was directly created specifically for killing. This revolution is aimed at combat aerial bombs. It directly turned the airship, a big guy who is useless, into a big killer, which not only has first-class attack ability, but also has a certain attack power against the sea, and can drop mines and aerial bombs.

After the northwest supports the German airships and bombs, Germany's ability to attack will be greatly enhanced, and it will not take much time to attack Belgium, but the Schlieffen plan is like this, I still didn't expect it at all, this gives people the feeling that it is not World War I, it is obviously World War II, although France suffered a huge blow in World War I, but Paris was not breached, at present, it is only a matter of time before Paris is breached, as long as Germany works hard, it will definitely be possible.

However, this shock, almost in a flash, the current northwest is not a small place in China, this is China and even the world's largest industrial center, the flapping wings have become bigger and bigger, the whole world has changed too much, Europe and Asia, even the time of the First World War, are almost a year in advance, Germany is about to defeat France and what is impossible, according to the current estimate of the General Staff, without the premise of the British army, the German army is unlikely to destroy France independently, but to capture Paris, It should not be a big problem, as long as the Northwest continues to provide bombs and airships.

Germany's request was also sent, as part of this battle plan, Germany, which enjoyed the benefits of airships, directly and frantically expanded the scale of airships, from the original role of 100 ships to 800 ships at once, although three-quarters of them are small airships, but 200 giants will also occupy a lot of funds.

The second batch of almost 100 airships, as well as many bombs, successively have 4 fleets in the past, almost 100,000 tons, almost one-tenth of the production capacity of the northwest, after all these support to Germany, Germany can even form a 120-level airship force, now Germany is asking for more on the basis of this, all of them are bought, since Germany needs, even as a backward airship, there is no problem in restarting the production line, Yang Yuanzhao not only ordered to restart the production line, He also brought the drawings of the giant airship and some important indicators with him, for the sake of the wealth of Paris.

Germany has the money in its hands, but it is put on the military industry, no matter how rich the northwest is, it is impossible to support it in vain, maybe it will be used in exchange for Germany to get colonies in Asia, but those are some barren land, and it cannot be held for the time being, such as German New Guinea, such as many German island countries in the Pacific, which needs to be backed by strong warships, where to stay for the time being, anyway, it is not an important place, rather than exchange for this, it is better to exchange for some cultural relics.

What are the cultural relics, representing the history of a country, representing the dignity of a country, starting from 1840, Britain through the Opium War, opened the door to China, several wars, the great powers plundered a large number of cultural relics, which is the most British and French, the recovery plan itself is prepared after the First World War, when the already strong China, in the face of the First World War weakened by Britain and France and other countries, the confidence is also a lot.

But now, a better opportunity is in front of us, Paris is about to be captured by Germany, what is Paris, the capital of France and the center of culture and education, where most of France's museums are concentrated, at the speed of Germany, it is only a matter of time to encircle France, and when the time comes, these cultural relics will belong to Germany, which is the spoils of war.

For Germany, European cultural relics may be able to show off as trophies, or as a heritage to collect, Asian cultural relics are not so important, rather than in vain, but also need customs declaration fees and maintenance fees, it is better to exchange for money, the war has begun, the whole country is mobilized, there are too many places that need money, and they will be willing to come.

Germany heard that the northwest did not want anything else, but needed some cultural relics in Paris, France, and was overjoyed, the time for the rise of Germany was too short, from Prussia to Germany, it only began to rise in the 18th century, and a unified German state was established in 1871.

Since these things are useful, for Wilhelm II, who has always been committed to strengthening relations between the two countries, he immediately collected Chinese cultural relics in German museums, and by the way, collected some cultural relics from China from the market.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't expect that there would be such benefits under the unintentional willows, the French cultural relics were not recovered, and some of the German cultural relics were recovered first, and he smiled happily.

This is equivalent to saying that it is a transaction in another sense, and the two sides tacitly agreed that the cultural relics obtained have not been made public for the time being, and in the future, after the German occupation of Paris, those cultural relics will be openly obtained by means of redemption, which can be regarded as an example for Britain and France, such cultural relics, in addition to highlighting the former colonial power, do not have any substantive role, the northwest with money to redeem them, can be sold to China, don't think about the high price, almost on the line, this is also in another sense, Conservation and recovery of lost artefacts.

At the end of November, with the defeat of France one after another, when the British army completely retreated back to Britain, France was equivalent to independent resistance to the Germans, and the pressure suddenly more than doubled. The artillery preparation lasted almost an hour or two, and then it formed a skirmish line to charge, and most of the French artillery was destroyed in the artillery attack, and then it was divided and surrounded, annihilated or fled.

In addition to Crook, the two major armies, relying on such tactics, broke through the French defense line again and again, not only annihilated a large number of French troops, but also cleared all the obstacles to Paris, France Paris became a ripe fruit, attacking French Paris There is almost no problem, and even before the attack, the two major armies also began a round of 3 days of rest, except for the front line to maintain a low-intensity attack, the rest are recuperating and preparing for this war of annihilation.

However, France was not destined to surrender, in the face of the siege of Paris and the possibility of being attacked, senior government officials and some institutions began to retreat, going to Bordeaux to establish a provisional government, and a steady stream of French troops, concentrated in Paris and Bordeaux from various places, like Britain, France's colonies, also began a general mobilization, even if the French no longer believe in the colonies, do not believe in the colonial soldiers, at this time also give them a gun, after simple training, go to France proper, Replace the native army with a large number of colonial troops to fend off half of the German invasion. (To be continued......)